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ASHEVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON,; FEBRUARY 17, 1910. V.
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DELAY IS DUE
It Is Said He Is the Man Hok
ing up Carolina Appointments
Friends of Logan Are
Becoming Uneasy.
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Blackest Cloud Over Hopes of Republicans
Is the Party's Situation in New York State
THEIH SLOCAfl
GOOD
GENTLE
Citizens ot Sister States to Hold
Important Highway 'Meet
v at Try on This Af
ternoon. ,
GLENN IS MAKING MONEY
IN THE LECTURE GAME
He Makes Some Political Prophecy
Mrs. Taft's Social Secretary
Is from the War De
i partment . '
R
Qaiette-News Bureau,
46 Post Building.
Washington, Feb. 17..
EPB.ES ENTATIVE JOHN O.
GRANT went to the depart
ment of Justice yesterday but
failed to learn when the marshal for
the western district of North Carolina
will be named. Friends of W. E.
Logan of Ashevllle, slated for the
place, are much , worried over the
continued delay. It Is said Postmas
ter General Hitchcock Is responsible
for the delay In making the big fed
eral appointment for North Carolina,
several ot which are long past due.
LECTURING BEATS POLITICS
A8 FINANCIAL PROPOSITION
Former Governor R'. ' B. Glenn Is
here and says he is making so .much
money lecturing that he Is out of pol
itics for good. He predicts the demo
crats will redeem the fifth and tenth
congressional districts and have a
good chance against Cowles In the
eighth.. ,-
MISS MART SPIERS BFXONCJS-
IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT
A North Carolina girl, Miss Mary
I). Spiers of Halifax county, who is. a
clerk In the surgeon general's office at
the War department, has been tempo
rarily assigned to the position of so
cial secretary to Mrs. Taft. She1 will
All tk. nn.hlnn VfM A 1 If. A TliAU
who leaves .to set married and who
will be. absent from the White House
tor the rest pt the season, It not per
manentfyV A curious feature of the
transfer is that MM Spiers will be on
the rolls of the war department "on
duty at the White House." , Miss
Spiers came to Washington from
North Carolina ten years ago. 8he
will receive a salary ot $1,800 annually
for her White House services, and
at the came time will enjoy one of the
most soiMrht-for berths for women In
the government service.
MR. THOMAS 18 HOPING -
FOR PUBLIC BUILDING BILL
1 Representative Charles R. Thomas,
who Is a member of the publlo build.
Ings committee of the house. Is hope
ful that there will be a publlo build
Ing bill at this session. . The members
ot the committee have' voted In favor
ot reporting a measure, but the
speaker has not decided whether the
state ot the treasury will permit ot the
enactment of a general building bill.
MEMBER OF 'CHANGE ,
HAS BEEN EXPELLED
Seat of Member Involved In Hocking
Coal and Iron Rood Has Been
Declared Vacant
TRY0N FOLKS THEMSELVES
HAVE GOOD ROAD FEVER
Have Built Fine Hiahway Fletcher
People Are Also Aroused to
the Importance of
the Work.
Speaker Cannon Realizes That He Has
Walking Ahead, but Shows Him- -self
in Good Walking .
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New, York. Fen. I". Henry 8
Ilasklna! board member of the stock
exchange' firm of Lathrop, Hasklns
A Com Dan y. which failed with the
recent collapse ot the Columbus and
Hocking Coal- and Iron pool, was ae.
dared Ineligible for re-lnstatement on
the exchange because of his firm's
connection with the fiasco. As Mr.
Hasklns was the only member of the
; firm having a seat on the exchange,
the action Is equivalent to expulsion.
' Ills seat will be sold and he will
never be able to become a member of
the exchange again.
,- The report ot the committee on In
solvencies, submitted to the govern
Ing committee of the stock exchange
late yesterday afternoon and approv
cd by that body says:
The failure of the firm of Lathrop,
H-ktns A Company, of which Henry
H. Hasklns was the floor member, was
mused by reckless and unbuslness.
like dealings, and said Henry & Has
kins undeclared Ineligible for re-in
statement."
Lathrop, Hasklns Company were
the manaKers of the Columbus and
Hocking Coal and Iron pools, accord
Ing to testimony recently brought out,
and James R. Keene manipulated the
stock In the market Two other Stock
exchange houses J. M. Flske A Com
pany. and Roberts. Hall A Crlss
have yet to appear before the gover
nors of the exchange for thell1 partlc
Ipatlon In the pools.
Railroad mil Approved.
Washington, Feb. 17 Unqualified
approval of the administration mil
Tom! hill,, In bH pa eKrnHn fcnttirei
was Eln fill. iv ly '"lum imin Kim
nnil Jii.'i'in c. I. -merlin, nf the Int.-
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Special to The Oa-.ette-N.cws. '
RYON, Feb. 17. (Special) To
day is "good roads" day for
Tryon. A meeting la to be held
this afternoon.' at which about 100
delegates will be present; from North
and South Carolina to ' discuss and
make final arrangements ' towards
building the proposed " Spartanburg-
Tryon automobile highway. It will be
remembered that a committee , met
here roccntly to look Into 'the' situa
tion, and today's meeting Is a result.
The people of Tryon have long felt tfte
need of better roads Into South Caro
lina, and Spartanburg people have
been wanting good roads Into North
Carolina. Thus the movement has
come to a climax. In which the efforts
put forth by many prominent men
hard workers for good roads- In both
states are about to bear fruit The
probability Is that the outcome of to
day's meeting will be - beginning of
work, right away,' on the road.
' Trsrou's Fine New Roiul. (
Tryon people do less talking and
more work, when It comes to road
building. They have ' made three or
four miles of som! the; best Mac
adam In the south, known as the Lynn
road. This magnificent pluce of work
runs through the business portion of
the town to the Lynn knitting mills,
three n4h put. The road Is feet
wide-(it some "places, considerably
wider than, the proposed route Into
South Carolina,- and cost all told about
t:o.ooo.
At the meeting today detailed state.
ments will be made of the cost of
building various kinds of roads, per
mile. The people of this section have
not experimented much with sand-clay
roads, but several prominent cltisens
are advocating this kind, not that they
think It better than Macadam, but
from an economical standpoint It is
said that a sand-clay road can be
graded and constructed for less than
$1000 per mile. If this be the case
then It will reduce the cost one-third
per mile over th proposed 12 foot wide
Macadam.
- Grecnvllle-Aslievlllo Highway.
The proposed' Asheville-Greenvllle
highway will also be discussed at this
meeting with a view of Interest
ing the people In connecting this
road with Tryon, from Saluda, three
miles distant, where the proposed
route will turn In going on to Green.
vllle. This strip of three miles Is In
what Is known as the Pacolet valley
and the route at the present Is an
ordinary county road. In fairly good
condition, t With a small amount of
money, perhaps private subscriptions,
this connection can be made, giving
Ashevllle free access to two routes of
no little Importance, that via Spar
tanburg through to Columbia and
Charleston as well as via Greenville
through to Atlanta and all southern
points.
The fact that about a mil of the
Spartanburg-Tryon route Is In Green
vllle county will probably bring Bu
pervlsor J. P. Goodwin on the scene
today. An Invitation has been extended
him. Mr. Goodwin Is a native of
North Carolina, although now a cltl
sen of Greenville.
The towns most I m porta n along
the route are Land rum, Campobello
and Inman. Each Of these will send
delegation here today. Those expected
from Spartanburg are Arch B. Calvert,
John B. Cleveland, Charles H. Henry,
C. C. Hearon, A. M. Law and J.
Willard.
Special to The Gasette-News.
FkHdier PeoHo interested. . .
Fletcher. Feb. IT. Much Interest
Is being shown In the proposed Ashe
vllle-Oreenvllle highway by Hooper
Creek township cltisens. A meeting
of the good roads committee recently
nrsanixed Will be called at an early
date by Its chairman, H. E. Lane,'At
this meeting a strong delegation.
be appointed to attend the good roads
rally to be held in uendersonvuie
otre time In March.
The fact that the highway will eome
straight through Fletcher if built ap
Deals to ths Interest to every cltixen
and the present Indications are that
theie will be hardly a single discern
In voice In this part of the county,
Henderson county should Issue bonds
If necessary, towards completing, the
link. Fletcher needs good roads and
the cltisens are going to put a strong
rase before the county commissioner
A
he Conference President At
ended Last Week Spoke so
Plainly as to Offend a
" Considerable Element.
00KING TO ROOSEVELT
TO PLAY ROLE OF MOSES
The Gazette-News Bureau,
46 Post Building, '
Washington! Feb. 17.
CORRECT statement of the
campaign outlook for this year
from the respective viewpoints
of the two parties in congress would
be to say that the republicans gener
ally admit that If the election were to
occur just konw, they would lose,
while the democrats are serenely
buoynnt with confidence which will
make them formidable' . to '- election
day and In the opinion of conserva
tive forcasters will give them the
next houBe by a decisive majority. .
The blackest cloud over republican
hopes has risen over New York state.
where the condition of the party Is
worse than It has been at any time
since Grover Cleveland - was elected
governor on a reform ticket by the
greatest majority ever up to that time
given a candidate for office In the
Empire state. President Taft was In
conference In New York city last
week with Governor Hughes and
other prominent leaders of the party.
but none of these was identified with
the machine which haa been ruling
the state -lor many years. These lead
ers spoke so plainly about purging
their party of corruption as to offend
large element without whose ' As
sistance they cannot hope to carry the
state, unless It Bhould develop that
the dofnocrats are,lncapatle of taking
advantage of the sorry plight of their
adversaries. , The situation for the
democrats in New York state at this
me Is better than for many year.
The aUnlnltmtic-f - U&?ov Goytti
In Greater New York has been so well
conducted as to win the approval of
Individuals abd newspapers that In
the municipal campaign condemned
him. s v ! ,.
Roosevelt to the Rescue,
The forbidding situation in New
York has been worrying the 21 repub
lican, representatives In congress from
that state here in Washington and
they are Meeting In groups discussing
(he problem every day and wondering
how much more serious will become
the revelations , of rottenness and
oribery now proceeding in the state
senate. . Some of these see no help
for the party but In active interven
tion of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
Immediately upon his return from Af
rica. The democrats have only 11
members of the house from . New
york, ,and, feeling that they are
doomed to lose the state in the next
election, the republican congressmen
ire naturally alarmed lest many ot
them will be swept away , In the land
slide. Roosevelt, they say, Is the
only man on earth that can do the
party any good in its dire straits of
this year. They believe that his re
entrance into '' politics would again
hearten the discouraged republicans
at the middle west and west, and that,
along with the elimination ot Speaker
Cannon aa.s candidate to succeed
himself .would enable the party to re
cover in a measure the ground it haa
lost in these regions and save the
house from the threatened democratic
wave.
Cannon Wise to the Situation. -Speaker
Cannon Is plainly not una.
ware of the growth of sentiment that
great proportion ot his party look
upon him as a liability rather than an
asset; but the old gentleman is fight
ing tor himself with admirable grit,
and Is doing his work far better than
his champions and defenders. He haa
been doing a powerful lot of explain
ing and talking lately In private and
on the floor as well as in the chair.
nut while Uncle Joe is still game, his
tone has lost Its old ring of defiance
of those who opposed or challenged
his authority. He Is fighting for po
litical life and the sweets of auto
cratic power in which the house has
indulged him for a generation, ine
break in his party last March in tne
light over the adoption of the rules,
which disclosed7 an aggressive Insur
gent band, obliged him to look for
help outside, and he was glad to do
business with those democrats who
in return for a vote for his rules pro
gram would take Important oommlt
tee places they desired. The war
upon Uncle Joe Is still on, and has
grown deeper and wider In his own
party. He will hardly again be In any
Dosftlon whore any democrats can
aid him. It to a question Indeed If
he will not have the greatest diffi
culty In keeping the opposition from
Invading his own district and keeping
him out of congress.
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IS Oil THE (II
A Snow and Sleet Storm Has
Taken a i Flying Start ' ,
, from the Gulf '
States. f:
IT IS BELOW FREEZING
AT BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
In the Northwest the Thermoneter Is
Registering 20 to 30 De
grees Below Zero
. Today. -
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I1F1DFXT AM) MRS TAFT; A SNAPSHOT SIADE IX NEW YORK LAST WEEK.
Cffi; I 1 1 K lKLIXKU JnllliHllilHfU IHUIil wJ
"From the Lima MMm
-:of
Two Had Got Ashore from Stranded Vessel in Strait
. Magellan, the Others Held on Until theChilean
v ' Cruiser Arrived. . V
Quellon, Chile, Feb. 17. The Chil
ean tugboat Plsagua, arrived here, re
ports that the Chilean cruiser Mlnis
tre Zentono, rescued SS persons left
on the wreck of the British steamer
Lima, In the Strait of Magellan. The
cruiser,, which arrived at Huamblin
passage Tuesday, found 88 of the sur
vivors still clinging to ' the ' wreck.
Two others had reached, shore. 'Those
on the wreck wore taken off' In small
boats, with the aid of lines attaching
the cruiser to the wreck. The two
who had got ashore were picked up
later.
The mlnlxtre Zonteno Is taking jthe
survivors to Ancud.. The Lima strand
ed on Zarle point, in Haumlilln pas
sage, after being rendered helpless in
a storm. .
THE G 1
TO
PEOPLE
APPEAR NEXT
They Like Those Who Are. Defending
' the Dealings in Cotton Futures, '
' Are to Have s Hearing.
BEN
COGER
5 S
He Provokes Senator Owen's Wrath,
and tots1 ot Nasty Talk Is
' ,' Indulged in.
IT WAS BLACKMAIL
He and His Brother Frank Did not
Bribe Allds, the Senator Today
. Told Committee. ' ;
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Washington, Feb. 17. The Investi
gation of the New Tork cotton 'ex
change methods, lftcldent to the pro
posed legislation . to abolish transac
tions in futures, was concluded today,
before the house committee on agrl
culture. Former President Hubbard
and L. Mandelbnum, of the exchange,
were witnesses. Tomorrow represen
tatives of the grain exchange, future
transactions In which are also ' in
volved, .will appear to defend ' their
system.. '. , ,
Albany. N. Y., Feb. 17. Limita
tions upon the Investigation Into the
alleged corrupt use of money in the
legislature nine years ago, seem to
be disappearing, as the senate Inquiry
relative to the charge of Senator Ben.
Conger against Senator Jotham P.
AlMs progresses. , Senator Conger
tentllled today that he did not con
sider the transaction, between him
and his brother and Allds bribery. It
was 'blackmail," he said..
DLACK llAXO PEOPLE AFTER
OSCAlt CATANZAIM) OF N. V.
tlfTTR MINES SUIT TOWN:
ENGINEERS ARE ON STRIKE
BuUs, Mont., Feb. 17. All the bi
mines, with the exception of six, sre
shut down this morning, with the
proxpecls of a prolonged suspension.
..n B.Tmint of the utrlke of the en-
i,ini i.
It
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Hogs at SS.40 a numlml.
Chicago, Feb. 17. Live tiogs
ttt the stock yards today touch
ed a price unequalled since
1S70, silling at 9.4 a hnn-
dipil w'liht.
, Seylor Boys I'ndeT Arrest.
Petersburg, Va.. Feb. 17. Willie
Seyler and his brother, Arvls 8eyler,
wanted In Atlantic City, N. J., In con
nection with the murder of Jane Ad
ams, a young girl, whose body was
found washed up on the beach two
miles below the Iron pier, where the
girl had been last seen In company
with William Seyler, were arrested
In this city, charged with the crime.
They refuse to discuss the case.
Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 17. Wil
liam Seyler, and his brother Oris, who
were arrested in Petersburg. Va last
night, In connection with the death
of Jane Adams, will be brought to
this city without delHV. William Sey
ler has a wife and two children.
New Tork, Feb. 17. An explosion
of a dynamite bomb In the house of
Oscar Catanxaro, a wealthy merchant,
threw the neighborhood Into a panic,
and knocked down a policeman- Who
was passion. Catanzaro received
several threatening letters recently,
In which the Hlack Handers demand
ed $11)00. ', -
All Hope Abandoned.
To Meet lUxmevelt.
rhli-sgo, Feb. 17. Frederick O.
Bond Is, of th Denver Pont, left Chl
ohko for Now, York today, on the wav
to Kh.'irlotim, to uni t foriniHF Tresl-
WashJngton, Feb. 17. All . .hppe
that the missing United States tug
Nina, which left Norfolk February 8,
bound for Boston, with SJ ' souls
aboard, Is still afloat, has been
abandoned by. the navy department
and today the warships, which for
five days have been searching for the
Nina, Were ordered to discontinue
their hunt.
THE WEATHER,
Forecast until t p. m., Friday, for
Ashevllle and vicinity: Rain or snow
ami decidedly colder tonight s,nd Frl-
Washington, Feb. 17. Charging-
Senator Owen of Oklahoma, with be
ing Interested In the affairs of the
Standard Oil company, and saying he
would like to see John D. Rockefel
ler "whipped In the flames of hell,1
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas today
made a speech in the senate, which
was fittingly characterized by him i
"red hot and right oft the but" ,
The speech was made as a result of
Owens' efforts to have passed a bill
giving a right of way through the
public lands of Kansas for a gas
pipe line. . . .
Davis asserted that the bill was In
the Interest of the Prairie Creek com
puny, which, he said, was a branch
of the Standard Oil company. He
said he could not alt Idly by and al
low to be passed a bill In conflict with j
the aiill-trust law of his state. He I
declared that the provision requiring
compliance with the Sherman law was
a "mere sop to catch votes of sena
tors who would not openly cost their
votes In favor of thieves and robbers
which constitutes the Standard Oil
anmpany. . ' -
Growing more demonstrative and
pointing a finger at Senator Owen,
Davis exclaimed: "Will the senator
deny that the Standard Oil company
is one of the most Iniquitous and dam
nable trusts that ever existed?"
"We don't want the Standard Oil
company In Arkansas." he exclaimed.
"The only place that I would . be
milling to see a pipe line laid for the
Standard Oil company would be
straight from here to hell, and I
should want to see the oil flowing di
rectly there. Furthermore, I should
be glsd to. see that old trust magnate.
John D. Reckefeller, there to receive
the oil and would be glad to see the
flames wrapped snugly around him."
Owing replied amlltngty that It was
entirely Immaterial to film what his
Arkansas colleague might think and
said the opinion of that gentleman
was utterly worthless, a fact which he
believed would be generally conceded
to be borne out by hla present exhl
bltlon. ,;
Senator Owen declared Davis'
speech did not deserve an answer
but explained that the Standard Oil
company was admitted to Arkansas
by legal authorities ot the state. "By
what authority? demanded Davis.
"Does the senator from' Oklahoma
yield?" asked Senator Gamble In the
chair. "I decline to yield," said
Owen.' "The senator from Arkansas
has forfeluwt the right to considera
tion from the senator from Oklaho
ma. He has forfeited his right to
the respect of the senator from Okla
homa. I desire that h "member
that" His voice rang with Indigna
tion. When he had taken his wat,
Davis said: "Ho far as forfeiting thu
respect of the senator from Oklulio
t('niitliiii... on .nne SI
ASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Qentlo
spring, which, ventured
abroad .In the' Atluntlu
states yesterday and today, will
be running for cover by tonight. '
ahead of a snow and sleet storm,
which has taken a flying start over
the eastern gulf states, and Is moving
toward the northeast rapidly. The
eastern Atlantic states will be under
lis Influence by tonight or tomorrow .
morning at the latest,' the weather .
oureau forecasters say.
This morning at Brownsville, Tex.,,
at the mouth of the Rio Grande, the
temperature is below freezing, and .
the mercury Is registering 20 and 30
sleet storm la centered over the Mis
sissippi valley and snow Is falling over
the Ohio valley. .
Over the Atlantic states the storm
will be accompanied by rain and
snow, and a decided drop of the mercury.
Sleet and Snow.
Memphis, February 17. On th
heels of spring-like weather, 'th ,
central south and southwest today 'Is
covered with sleet and snow. In Mem-,
phis two inches of sleet fell during the
night, and It was still snowing. In
northern Mississippi and central Ar- ,
kansas practically the same conditions
prevailed.";. : : ,'
Storm Canned 'Wreck. - . :
Bcranton. Pa.. Feb. 17. The sleet .
'fcria "snoVflt ctfm Waa' respeiisible for '
a freight wreck today, on the Lehigh
Valley railroad, when two trainmen
were killed. ' '
. ., - . The Coldeet Day. . ,
New Richmond, Wis., Jan. 17. This
is the coldest day of the season, tt
below aero. - ,
The Wires Down. : .
Louisville, Ky., Feb. J7. A com
bination of sleet, snow and high winds
during last night shut off wire com
munication between Louisville and the
south today. In Louisville and Inch '
or more of sleet was covered during
the night by four Inches of snow.
V S0 Decrees Bdow.' ;
Kansas City, Feb! 17. The coldest '
weather of the winter . prevailed In
western Kansas, Colorado and Wyom
ing today. The cold also was very
severe In Oklahoma, today, and other
portions of the southwest. In Colon
da mountain districts there are re
ports of 30 degrees below sero.
Ten Inches of Snow. -
Columbus, O., Feb. IT. Ten Inches
of snow has fallen throughout central
Ohio. . . . (
Blizzard Causes' Death stmt Accident.
Cincinnati, Feb. 17. One death an-1
numerous accidents were charged to
the blizzard which descended upon
this section yesterday and continued
today. - , , .
Dayton. Feb. IT. The , heaviest
snow storm for half a century pre
vails today. All steam trains are delayed.
Iffl DIES ELOPING
WITH it ;ii YEARS
Mrs. Soltz Also Denies That the Money
See 'Jook from Greevllle,
Miss., Was Soltz'.
New York, Feb. IT. An effort to
free Mrs. Anne Bolts, a Memphis wo
man arrested as was also Abrahsm,
Glaasman, a youth of 1, who dlsap-'
peered from Greenville, Miss., the
same time as Mrs. Sols, wss made
today. Justice Stapleton heard ar
gument and reserved his decision.
Mrs. Sols took fSOOO with her
when she left her husband's home.
Sols claimed the money but the wife
declares It was hers. She denies be
sides that she "eloped" with, young
Cllnssman.
The woman and .boy have been
held In a Brooklyn prison since Feb
ruary 11, to await requisition.
. The Emperor Has a Cold.
Berlin, Feb. 17. Emperor William
has cancelled all audiences and vlmt-i
arranged for the next few days, owmu
to a cold. -
Two Are Hurncd.
Rreat, France,
Jeanne O'Are, c
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